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RSS beta appseBay apps lets users bid from a BlackBerry
News eBay has released an app for BlackBerry. The application, co-developed by the auction site and RIM, lets users search, track and buy items using their smartphone. The app is available in the US and Canada, and can be downloaded from... [27 Nov 2009]
Office 2010: Beta launched
News The beta allows businesses to start using the browser-based Office Web Apps. Office 2010 beta is now publicly available for download, Microsoft announced yesterday. Office 2010... [19 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment Not only were alpha versions provided to hyper-techies but beta versions were made available to anyone who wanted them - and this has meant that Windows 7 has been pretty exhaustively tested in a large number of situations. [28 Oct 2009]
Google Wave greets conferencing with help from Ribbit
News It's becoming clear that Google Wave, which is slowly emerging from closed beta, has the potential to be much more than a text-messaging platform. It looks like both of these apps blend perfectly with... [30 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome
Cheat Sheet There were further tweaks for the beta version in August with new themes, a revamped new-tab page and support for HTML 5 video. In December 2008 Chrome shook off its beta tag with a raft of updates... [22 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's web-based Office: First taster goes live
News The current technology preview will be made available to tens of thousands of users, with a broader beta planned for later this fall. However, Microsoft would not commit to offering editing abilities for Word by the... [18 Sep 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - how it will look on your desktop
Photo The default desktop on the Windows 7 beta or release candidate featured a betta fish. The Alt+Tab hotkey finally offers a "desktop" option in addition to your other opened apps. The final desktop... [06 Aug 2009]
Office 2010: You're not getting in without an invite
News On the desktop side, Microsoft plans a broader beta of the software later this year, with a final release in the first half of 2010. Those so-called Office Web Applications are being demonstrated on Monday but the... [13 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.07.09
Round-Up The result of this is that after years of being in 'Beta' mode many of Google's apps are now officially launched. Still, beta late than never… So no more beta-ing about... [10 Jul 2009]
Google Apps grows up and ditches beta
News Google Apps have at last shed the beta tag. Still, Google thinks there are a number of CIOs that will find Google Apps easier to sell to their bosses if it's not formally known as a... [08 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up According to reports and some brief personal experience of the beta, Microsoft has made a fair stab of things with Windows 7. So when silicon.com's Natasha Lomas went for a look around the Mobile Life Centre this week -... [26 Jun 2009]
Android, iPhone apps - just makes good AdSense
News Google's AdSense program - in which it sells and distributes ads to third-party publishers - is coming to mobile devices as a beta program, the company announced Wednesday. To participate in the beta,... [25 Jun 2009]
Firefox 3.5 release candidate goes live
News Users of Firefox 3.5 beta can now get to upgrade to the release candidate for Firefox 3.5. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, the noticeable changes to the release candidate from beta 4 and the b99... [18 Jun 2009]
Acrobat.com springs out of beta and into the charging zone
News Adobe is taking Acrobat.com out of beta in the US on Monday, and turning it into a business with paid user accounts. In comparison, free users will only be able to convert five PDFs, and connect with two people at once... [15 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 XP Mode targets SMEs: But needs extra beef
News An updated version of MED-V, due to be in beta within 90 days of the launch of Windows 7, will add support for Windows 7's XP Mode, he said. The beta version of XP Mode is debuting alongside the Windows... [29 Apr 2009]
